Fishing Reports by Capt. Butch Rickey

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/25/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey This was the first time I've gotten to run trips since Charley came through here and rearranged the landscape. It was just great to be back on the water, and the fishing was nothing short of more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - HURRICANE REPORTS Since there has been no fishing here since hurricane Charley, I have posted a series of Hurricane Reports on my website at . Updates are added on a regular basis. Fishing will probably not begin again until early September. P more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/24/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Weather again dominated the local scene this week. We'd already had onshore winds for the past week, but a large infusion of moisture set off heavy rains and storms both Monday and Tuesday f more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/17/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Snook fishing on the outside was pretty much out of the question all week because of onshore winds that have our weather in a reversed pattern. That usually means storms building along the s more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7/3/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of great fun, and great frustration; frustration with boat problems and fish that refused to eat. All in all, though, it was a good week. Monday and Tuesday it was Alan and Ca more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/19/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey The condition of my back was again the big issue this week. It had not improved over the weekend of rest at Don Pedro Island. I knew the constant pounding it was taking fishing on the beach more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/29/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of very poor tides, and for that reason I booked only two trips at the end of the week. During the first part of the week my best friend Capt. Butch Boteler drew upon his many more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 5/22/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey It was a week of renewing old friendships and making great new ones. So, with that, how can the fishing have been anything but great? Also, two days running, I put three of the largest snoo more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - WEEK ENDING 5/15/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey The week began with my bi-annual trip to my dermatologist, Dr. Jay Herbst, in North Port Charlotte. I'm happy to say there were no suspicious things growing on me this trip. First day on the water was more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 5/8/04 by Capt. Butch Rickey Things slowed down a bit this week. I had a couple of days off because of weather and poor tides. I woke up Monday morning wondering what the status of an approaching front would be. I quickly more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound